Please use the materials provided to help with crafting your own unit. You may also add resources you think would be helpful to the whole class. Those specific to your own unit, you may post on your individual Thematic Unit Work wiki page.
UNIT EXAMPLES AND MODELS
NCSU Student Examples (Middle School) Note: These PDF's for the 2nd and 3rd units are especially long as students chose to do all lesson plans rather than minimum required.
Making Choices: A Thematic Unit focusing on Natalie Babbitt's Tuck Everlasting (Fall, 2012):
War & Loss in Western Europe (Fall, 2006) Note: Integrated social studies unit. Lesson plans here are strong in content, but would benefit from greater detail.
Note: Part 1 includes an introductory week that precedes the thematic unit. The thematic unit begins on p. 28 and continues through parts 2-4. Also, there is an example of a Learning Stations inquiry activity included in Part 1, pp. 23-25.
THEMATIC UNIT RESOURCES
Please use the materials provided to help with crafting your own unit. You may also add resources you think would be helpful to the whole class. Those specific to your own unit, you may post on your individual Thematic Unit Work wiki page.
UNIT EXAMPLES AND MODELS
NCSU Student Examples (Middle School)
Note: These PDF's for the 2nd and 3rd units are especially long as students chose to do all lesson plans rather than minimum required.
Other Examples (High School)
- Note: Part 1 includes an introductory week that precedes the thematic unit. The thematic unit begins on p. 28 and continues through parts 2-4. Also, there is an example of a Learning Stations inquiry activity included in Part 1, pp. 23-25.
.MATERIALS / RESOURCES MENTIONED AS PART OF DR. Y'S MODEL UNIT IN CLASS
VIDEOS
Resources Associated with Dr. Y's Words By Heart Unit Example
Theme: What is a Hero? Overcoming Oppression
Nightline News Clip on Race
CED Video Server
YouTube
OTHER RESOURCES